Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English [Paperback]

Eva Salzman (Editor), Amy Wack (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

An inclusive selection of women’s poetry in English that features writers from 1900 through the present, this collection reflects aspects of women’s lives, such as work, childhood, God, and lust. Classic poems from Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bishop, and Sylvia Plath complement those from recent prize-winners Alice Oswald, Deryn Rees-Jones, and Carol Ann Duffy. Showcasing the range, craft, intelligence, and skill of women’s poetry, this compilation contains authors from Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Editorial Reviews

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"A fabulous book . . . a case study in anthologizing . . . a liberation for the reader."  —John Kinsella

"The anthology is an excellent read, a sourcebook for writers and students, and a formal scholar's delight."  —Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene

About the Author

Eva Salzman is a prize-winning poet, whose recent volume of Selected Poems won a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Amy Wack is the poetry editor at Seren and the editor of several anthologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Seren (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185411431X
• ISBN-13: 978-1854114310
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,568,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dull cover, killer contents; DO check this one out, January 22, 2011

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I rather laid into the feisty but didactic preface to this chunky tome on am.co.uk. By all means read it, but get stuck in to the main attraction first, an astonishingly wide-ranging (most poets are restricted to one poem) collection of contemporary writing, leavened - or seasoned? - by the dead (7 and counting). Cunningly themed, it starts with love, which can leave us men feeling slightly sidelined - redundant, even - but #3 Family knocked me for six, as we say in England, and I'm not through with it yet. Every poem earns its keep and cumulatively generates a real sense of empowerment; this is a rich feast for poetry tyro and maven alike that will take weeks to absorb.